[stantaylor]

> we had simply grown too much for anyone but the tenured folks to remember

The institutional memory part fascinates me. Currently, some people lament the lack of proverbial BSing around the water cooler. In a few years, nobody will even know that was a thing or at least a thing that was valued.

[wayoutthere]

Honestly? My relationships with coworkers and employees is way better remotely because I have to make a conscious effort to get to know them. I can’t rely on the lazy solution of passively seeing someone every day.

[aerosmile]

This was the main argument against social networking back in the day. "If I want to talk to someone, I'll pick up the phone and have a quality conversation." People are abandoning Facebook for a number of poor product and business decisions on Facebook's part, but we did learn that there's a difference between the opt-in and opt-out communication channels.

[wayoutthere]

That’s exactly why I left social media about 5 years ago. I realized I wasn’t actually friends with anyone who popped up on my timeline; they were all just people I used to know posting imaginary versions of their lives. Facebook deludes you into thinking you have friends when what you really have is a void to shout your feelings into and hope someone listens.